Watchdog cites need for stricter oversight to keep pace with spy services
The head of Canada’s main spy watchdog says new rules — and possibly legislation — are needed to help keep an eye on federal intelligence agencies. Chuck Strahl, chairman of the Security Intelligence...
View ArticleCamera-equipped hobby drones could fly below privacy radar: watchdog
Tiny, camera-equipped drones — some as small as birds or insects — could evade Canadian privacy law as people begin using the increasingly affordable aircraft to spy on others, warns the federal...
View ArticleOttawa denies G20 spying allegations
Canada’s federal government is not answering questions about allegations it allowed the National Spy Agency (NSA) to spy on delegates at the 2010 G20 conference in Toronto. During question period on...
View ArticleRCMP arrest man in GTA for allegedly spying on Canada
A Canadian naval engineer is accused of trying to send classified information on Canada’s shipbuilding strategy and marine sovereignty to the Chinese government.
View ArticleSpy watchdog decries ‘misinformation’ flowing from recent document leaks
The watchdog over the national eavesdropping agency says many recent leaks about the Five Eyes intelligence network are being taken out of context by the media. Jean-Pierre Plouffe, who keeps an eye on...
View ArticleCSEC not spying on Canadians, head of eavesdropping agency insists
The head of Canada’s eavesdropping agency says a controversial effort to understand airport wireless systems did not breach the privacy of Canadians. John Forster told a Senate committee Monday that...
View ArticleConservatives shun idea of new parliamentary spy watchdog committee
The Conservative government is sending clear signals that it will not support a bid to create a new national security committee of parliamentarians. A succession of Tory MPs spoke out in the House of...
View ArticleEmpty chairs at Canada’s spy watchdog as government strengthens CSIS hand
As the government moves to strengthen the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, two of five chairs sit empty on the watchdog agency that oversees the spy service. Opposition MPs and a prominent...
View ArticleToronto-born son of Russian spies wins fight to regain Canadian citizenship
The Toronto-born son of Russian spies has won a court battle to regain his Canadian citizenship after it was revoked by Ottawa. The long-awaited Federal Court of Appeal decision in Alexander Vavilov’s...
View ArticleRussia boots 23 U.K. diplomats in spy poisoning tit-for-tat
Russia on Saturday announced it is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further retaliatory measures in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain....
View ArticleOfficer pleads guilty to all charges in Navy spy case
A former Halifax navy intelligence officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to all the espionage charges he was facing. Defence lawyer Mike Taylor told a provincial court judge in Halifax that Sub-Lt. Jeffrey...
View ArticleFederal confusion undermines no-fly list as security tool: spy watchdog
The federal spy watchdog says confusion over how Canada’s no-fly list should work has “significantly undermined” its potential to help keep the skies safe. In its newly released annual report, the...
View ArticleNavy spy gets 20 years in prison for selling secrets to Russia
Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, the Halifax navy intelligence officer who sold secrets to Russia, has been given a 20-year prison sentence. But the judge presiding over the case says Delisle will serve...
View ArticleCanadian Forces test stealth snowmobile for covert Arctic ops
The Canadian military has been secretly test-driving a $620,000 stealth snowmobile in its quest to quietly whisk troops on clandestine operations in the Arctic. The Canadian Press has learned that...
View ArticleMulcair says alleged spying on Brazil’s energy ministry gives Canada black eye
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair says apparent efforts to spy on Brazil give Canada a black eye. Speaking at a news conference, Mulcair calls the reported attempt by Canada’s electronic eavesdropping agency to...
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